Thomas for Pat Kane???

As much as I like Seabrook's game and what it would do for this team, I don't want another guy that has had concussion problems on this team and could be one hit away from being done for a long time (Bergeron, Horton and Savard are enough).

The way Kane`s playin, not sure that the Hawks wouldn`t win that trade one for one

Timmy ain`t on fire, but PK is ice cold and appears sulky on the ice to boot

There is a great chance this trade would make the Blackhawks a (much) better team for the remainder of the season, but long-term? I'd be the first one to agree that Pat Kane is slightly overrated, but still a very good, though.

If we offered them Rask + something else, we could be the ones losing the trade short- and long-term.

Let's not get carried away here. His highest career goals total is 30, not any more than Lucic. He's good, he's creative, but he doesn't even score as many goals as Kessel.

He doesn't score as much as Kessel, but I think he's an overall better player than Kessel. Plus, I think he'd add a different dynamic to the first line, and open things up more for Lucic and Krejci. It won't happen, but I'd make the trade. I like Thomas, but after next year (or maybe even this year), Tuukka could take over, and then you could lose Thomas for nothing. In this situation, you get to give Tuukka more playing time immediately, and add a 1st line winger. In 3 years, you would still have Kane and Rask, instead of Rask and cap space.

I know it may not be right, and my heart says it is wrong, but for a young proven player or a guy that is going to retire in a few years, you go with the young proven player every time.

This is where I disagree, where you say "every time". I think that having Thomas in net gives the Bruins the best chance to win the Cup this year, and next year as well (even if Tuukka takes the starting role, having Timmy there 'just in case' for the playoffs). I don't think that adding Patrick Kane and putting Tuukka in for the run is more likely to bring success for this season and next.

I know it may not be right, and my heart says it is wrong, but for a young proven player or a guy that is going to retire in a few years, you go with the young proven player every time.

I bet if a poll was created not many people would trade Kane for Thomas because of the age thing.

Kane isn't going to change we're a defense first team. I love Tuukka, have all the confidence he can take over when TT is eventually spent, or gone. He still has a ton to prove. As much as it hurts to say it, all he's proven in terms of Stanley Cups is; he can open the bench door, and 3 goals in game 7 just wasn't enough.

People want to kid themselves that you can just plop Tuukka in there in the playoffs, and we have the same chance to repeat. Not reality. TT has proven he can give up a goal and battle back. That he can break a teams will. Get better as a series goes on. Win three game 7's. You can't buy that. Waited 39 years for it. Insanity.

Haha, Marchand Seguin and Kane on the same team? Can't wait to watch the "behind the music" on these three in 10 years. Haha, Seguin sitting at a picnic table smoking butts, all of a sudden a wheel chair bound Kane rolls up for their tearful reunion. First since the car accident. Marchand couldn't participate due to his commitment to celebrity rehab.

Haha, Marchand Seguin and Kane on the same team? Can't wait to watch the "behind the music" on these three in 10 years. Haha, Seguin sitting at a picnic table smoking butts, all of a sudden a wheel chair bound Kane rolls up for their tearful reunion. First since the car accident. Marchand couldn't participate due to his commitment to celebrity rehab.

Thomas was integral in us winning the cup last year, and it amazes me how so many "fans" are all of the sudden on the "trade him" bandwagon lately

People were theorizing trading him days after we won the cup. It was said in the Rangers GDT that this guy would need to win 3 or 4 straight Vezinas and 3 cups before some people in Boston will admit that he's a good goalie.

Edit to add:
Post game they interviewed Thomas who said that both he and Tuukka rely on each other a lot. I have noticed that a lot in the past 2 years as these two have gotten more familiar with working with each other. With Timmy's salary dropping 2 mil. it'd be nice to see if you can bounce that over to Rask and continue to have them work together. They push each other (both might be slumping right now but its still a main strength on this team) trading either unless its a no brainer would jeopardize your area of strength by a lot.

Haha, Marchand Seguin and Kane on the same team? Can't wait to watch the "behind the music" on these three in 10 years. Haha, Seguin sitting at a picnic table smoking butts, all of a sudden a wheel chair bound Kane rolls up for their tearful reunion. First since the car accident. Marchand couldn't participate due to his commitment to celebrity rehab.

Came to post this...

A decade or more of Marchand - Seguin - Kane on the same team in Boston!?! Talk about being the swag line. Between the three of them you'd be lucky to see one shirt on each night in Boston...

Ima gonna make a list of who isn`t coming through that door before the deadline ends and I`m happy about it as I just don`t see the benefit of ripping apart a team to get them (and I believe that`s what Chia would have to do)

Kane
Iggy
Weber
Suter
Parise
Nash

Now I can focus a touch more on the reality side of what will likely occur come deadline day, depth players who won`t get the pompoms going too much but....

Amazing how things change in a year. Im a big Kane fan but I still wouldnt trade Timmy for him right now. The question is who gives them a better shot to win the cup...not setup for the future, not look sexy on paper, but give them the best chance to win the cup. Answer is Thomas in a landslide in my opinion. Bruins need to be winning now. While they have a guy like Thomas back there, not trade him away a year after he was the friggin Conn Smythe. What has gotten into people??